Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.040-3.090 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.570. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.2 billion. Zscaler also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.760 EPS.

Zscaler Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ZS traded up $2.63 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $196.45. The company had a trading volume of 3,459,433 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,867,949. The company has a fifty day moving average of $195.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $191.54. Zscaler has a 12-month low of $153.45 and a 12-month high of $217.84. The company has a market cap of $30.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -785.80 and a beta of 0.89.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 5th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by ($0.75). Zscaler had a negative net margin of 1.58% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. Research analysts expect that Zscaler will post -0.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on ZS. Scotiabank reissued a “sector outperform” rating on shares of Zscaler in a report on Wednesday. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Zscaler from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Loop Capital lowered their price target on Zscaler from $200.00 to $195.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. BTIG Research increased their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $205.00 to $238.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on shares of Zscaler from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $226.94.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Zscaler news, CFO Remo Canessa sold 3,703 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $741,784.96. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 220,635 shares in the company, valued at $44,197,603.20. This represents a 1.65 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Syam Nair sold 3,682 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $737,578.24. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 142,866 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $28,618,917.12. The trade was a 2.51 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 10,248 shares of company stock valued at $2,052,879 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 18.10% of the company’s stock.

Zscaler Company Profile

Zscaler, Inc operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company offers Zscaler Internet Access solution that provides users, workloads, IoT, and OT devices secure access to externally managed applications, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and internet destinations; and Zscaler Private Access solution, which is designed to provide access to managed applications hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds.